McCovey Chronicles: FanShots

Defining average power (by position) in the Majors

2012-02-16T16:25:00Z

Defining average power (by position) in the Majors

ProjectProspect.com has an interesting post up showing the average power production, broken down by position, in the major leagues over the last 3 seasons. They used an imperfect methodology, IMO, but it's still good enough to provide a starting point for comparison.

Cain, Vogelsong among the 5 luckiest pitchers of 2011

2012-02-16T04:08:33Z

Cain, Vogelsong among the 5 luckiest pitchers of 2011

The author predicts massive HR/FB regression for Cain, in line with his career HR/FB of 6.5% moving his ERA back towards his career line of 3.35.

He also predicts ERA regression for Vogelsong back to his FIP of 2011 around the high-3's in ERA.

Giants: 2nd best team at building through the draft since 2002

2012-02-16T04:06:32Z

Giants: 2nd best team at building through the draft since 2002

The Giants have created 97.9 WAR since 2002 through the draft, second only to the Red Sox.

I had no idea they were this awesome at it. Now to await Belt's rise to prominence and the age of Gary Brown and Joe Panik.

Baseball Prospectus: Watching the Worst Game of 2011

2012-02-15T16:11:11Z

Baseball Prospectus: Watching the Worst Game of 2011

Of course it's a Giants game. But what you might not expect is that it's a game where the Giants won, scoring 23% of their runs for the season.

And where was I? Watching an A's game. A dreadfully boring Diamondbacks/A's game. I think Brandon Allen played every position for both teams. I would have preferred the worst game of the season.

This is a must-read article, though. Sam Miller is a special little gift for all of us.

Pitchers and catchers this weekend.... Spring training... Please let the season begin soon!!!

2012-02-15T05:12:26Z

Pitchers and catchers this weekend.... Spring training... Please let the season begin soon!!!

McCovey Chroniclers Hospital

2012-02-14T17:09:02Z

McCovey Chroniclers Hospital

I'm putting this here because not everybody wants to read about this stuff in the main page articles.

It seems as if a few people are going through some medical trauma right now and I know some others have in the past. So maybe the explanations, questions and cheerleading can take place here.

"We definitely have to be more consistent with this offense," Bochy said.

2012-02-14T04:07:37Z

"We definitely have to be more consistent with this offense," Bochy said.

From SFGiants.com That's funny. I thought they were really consistent last year.

Cespedes to the A's

2012-02-13T17:44:55Z

Cespedes to the A's

We couldn't afford this? Seriously?